CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of OpenSSH, GPUStack, FreeSWITCH, and IBM Flaws
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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added four security flaws impacting GPUStack, SignalWire FreeSwitch, OpenBSD OpenSSH, and IBM Aspera Faspex to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-123218 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An incorrect authorization vulnerability
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- TechnologyOpenSSHThe most widely used SSH implementation, shipped with Linux, macOS and Windows.
- ConceptKEV · Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogCISA's list of vulnerabilities with evidence of real-world exploitation.
- ConceptCVSS · Common Vulnerability Scoring SystemA 0–10 score for how severe a vulnerability is in theory.
- ConceptCISA · Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyThe US government's cybersecurity agency, which issues alerts and runs the KEV catalog.
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